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Ancient iridescent monochrome glass faceted beads 344maAncient monochrome glass faceted beads MA344
Ancient iridescent monochrome glass faceted beads 344maAncient iridescent monochrome glass faceted beads 344maa
Description

344MA
Two cubical beads
Date: 7-9 century AD
Byzantine or Islamic

Cube with rounded corners. Translucent light-blue glass.
Intact, very good condition. Iridescent.
Height 9 mm, diagonal 11 mm.

For similar published examples see:
- J. Callmer,Trade beads and bead trade in Scandinavia ca. 800-1000 A.D., 1977, pl.1: A183T
- V.Kovalevskaya, Komputernaya obrabotka massovogo arhaeologicheskogo materiala is rannesrednevekovih pamyatnikov Evrasii, Moscow, 2000, p. 20: #117